# Crop Protection FSR III Central South Da

**Company**: Bayer Crop Science
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $93,200.00 - $139,800.00
**Category**: Sales
**Industry**: Agriculture

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## Description

At Bayer Crop Science, we're looking for a Crop Protection Field Sales Representative III to cover Central South Dakota. You will be responsible for achieving sales targets with Bayer products, developing and implementing dealer business plans, and serving as a key business consultant to retailers and dealers.

Your main tasks will include:

- Achieving assigned targets with Bayer products in coordination with squad-mates

- Developing and implementing dealer business plans, managing forecasting, inventory management, and product line demand issues

- Serving as the key business consultant to retailers and dealers, effectively selling the value of Bayer Crop Science products

- Collaborating with squad-mates, including Field Sales Reps, Customer Business Advisors, Technical Agronomists, and Digital Enablement Leads

- Managing inventory concerns, gathering market and competitive information, and utilizing data to make key decisions

- Developing and recommending strategies for achieving long and short business plans for key accounts and assigned areas

- Effectively managing expenses, discretionary dollars, and program payments

- Continuously expanding selling skills and product/portfolio knowledge, while mentoring peers and teammates

- Ensuring achievement of program execution and program fulfillment

- Taking a leadership role in partnering with squad-mate FSRs/CBAs and managing relationships with top growers and retailers

- Acting as the business expert for top growers and retailers, while planning for customer business needs

- Proactively mentoring and coaching earlier-in-career FSRs

- Managing area claims per Bayer Crop Science policy and process

- Traveling approximately 60% of the time with significant face-to-face customer interaction

To be successful in this role, you will need:

- Excellent communication skills (interpersonal, oral, and written)

- Demonstrated initiative, assertiveness, and ability to drive results

- Excellent business acumen, account planning, influencing, and critical thinking skills

- Financial, time, and territory management expertise

- Proven ability to multi-task in a rapid-paced and matrixed environment

- Strong user-level computer and presentation skills (proficiencies in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

- Demonstrated digital acumen and ability to analyze data to influence decisions

- Willingness to travel and live/work in a rural environment

- Proven interest in supporting collaboration and teamwork

- Position requires driving for the company that may fall under DOT/FMCSA jurisdiction

In return, you can expect a salary between $93,200.00 - $139,800.00, additional compensation such as a bonus or commission, and benefits including health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, and sick leave.

## Skills

### Required
- communication skills
- business acumen
- account planning
- influencing
- critical thinking
- financial management
- territory management
- computer skills
- digital acumen
- data analysis

### Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree
- 6+ years of experience in sales, marketing, account management, or agriculture
- product, portfolio, and agronomic knowledge

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